de long



NADQLMH PATENTE; DEQ 31868 tluitml 5ta-tre .mail 1f WAGON-Torreon surnom'.

N. The-Schedule referred to :inthese Letters Patent and making part cf the sama;

'To all whom it mayconcern:

`Be it known'that I, N. A. DE LONG, of the town of New Scotland, in'th'el couuty of Albany, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement ilWagon-Tongue Supports, of which the following is a fu1l,' lear,1` and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, which makes pal-"t of Ithisspecificatie@ 'and .which represents a ver- 'tieal longitudinalseetion vthrough awagon, to which fmy` improvement' is applied.

Y The hounds A are 4secured to the axle B inthe usualway. l -v The tongue C plays vertically in fthe 'hounds on a pivot, c. Y y

. A plate spring, D, is bolted underneath-the axle, to

l the kingfbolt (l, and extends' upward lover the tongue,

'as shown in the drawing. y y The bolt e of the-double-tre'e -E passes through this spring, near its middle.

The forward endof the spring-is slotted, and. em-

braces a standard, F, on the. tongue. VThisstandmfd has a' series of holes4 in it, in one of `which a pinfis placed to regulate the tension of. the spring. V

In operation, the spring relieves the horses necks? from theA Weight of the tongue, and'yet leaves it free to play upa-nd dosvtwitlncertain limits. The tongue, it -will be' observed, has fourpoints of support, namely`,`the aXI`e,.the rear end of the tongue, rthe double-tree, and the lstandard F. Incan thus'se-J cure-the desired results by using alight spring.

It is obvious that by Amaking a slot in the spring, where it receives the klug-bolt, it'can'be adapted to a sliding tongue. i'

vI am aware that the tongues of vehicles have. been sustained by springs, of aconstruction different from ruine. I do not, therefore, broadly claim supporting `a .tongue by a spring'.

.'What Iv claim as myinvention, and desire to secure byr Letters Patent, is-e The combination of the' tongue'v and axle with the slotted 'adjustable plate-spring, embracing the 'stand-' ard F, and having'four 4points of support, as and for A.thefpu'rpose set forth.

. In :testimony whereof; lI 'have'. hereunto subscribed my name.

Witnesses: v ,i

" ANTHONY MURrHY, 

